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Ezee Monee’s winning connections include owner Isidoro Esparza, trainer Jaime Aldavaz Sr. and jockey Adrian Ramos.
but still has managed to win. He has worked with her at the gate, and the filly has been improving.
“The 440 yards really helped,” Aldavaz said. “And now as a 3 year old she’s doing better. She also qualified with the boys, and she ran pretty tough with the boys, too.”
As a 2 year old, Ezee Money ran in trials for all three of the major Ruidoso futurities. She won her trials for the Ruidoso Futurity-G1 and Rainbow Futurity-G1, but did not qualify. Then she finished third in her trial for the All American Futurity-G1.
Unplaced in three starts at Zia Park and Sunland Park over the winter, Ezee Monee again has thrived at Ruidoso.
Aldavaz tried her against males in the Ruidoso Derby-G1, and she won her trial to qualify as the fourth fastest. In the final, she broke a step slowly and made up ground to finish a solid fourth.
With Ruidoso now offering accompanying Oaks races to the Rainbow Derby-G1 and All American Derby-G1, Aldavaz put Ezee Monee in against her own sex, where she has excelled.
Ezee Monee won her trial for the Rainbow Oaks-G1 by three-quarters of a length, qualifying the sixth fastest. She returned to capture the final by a half-length.
Next came the All American Oaks trials. Ezee Monee finished second by a neck to Cool Ya Jets. With her All American Oaks victory, Ezee Monee increased her earnings to $598,043.
Aldavaz said that Ezee Monee came out of the All American Oaks very well.
“We might go to Los Alamitos—I’m not sure yet,” Aldavaz said a few days after the race.
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